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Ye Smudge Pot
By Arthur rerry.
aT,r.rr,m Court deClSlOn
Invalidating the AAA. m.t with
the disapproval of several .round
nMe. who act a their own Judge
.nd jury. In public m.tur. .Item
ing their own pocketbook. There is
also some criticism becaus. M
justices sre .11 elderly men. who
wear long black robe-.- They argue
that wladom should not be egec,.
like whiskey. Under the decision,
however. plg-r.ler., who havealyned
contracts not to raise pigs In WW.
don't have to even pretend they
.re not to be .bl. to call upon the
county agent for check from
Washington.
Seven! hevs'tha neuritis so bad
they can't tip their hats, or get
ttwir hends In their pistol pockets.
"
A 14-year-old Wyoming girl has
cried for six days without stopping.
The next time her mother better
wash the supper dishes without sn
srgument.
. e e a
"Borne indignation hss been ex
pressed by men mentioned In the
news columns as possible candidates
for certain offices st the coining
elections. No hsrm was meant.
(Klamath Tails Herald) ench re
sentment .t having . volunteer rose
pinned upon them Is rare, but will
be offset later by the Indignation
of candidates because they srs not
mentioned.
e e
A Dcmocretle solon chsrges In s
speech "thrift has become . vies,
in the years of ths Depression, snd
retards Prosperity." With this logic
It la no Job to prove that elot-ms-chines
sre savings bsnks.
e e
Skiing It now ths order of ths
day In ths mountains. Ths skllers
come down hill fsater than sn sm
bulsncs goes .fler them If they
don't make It.
tea
Variety hss been Injected Into
ths locsl hsttng. Irenes DuPont of
Pelswsre, munitions msker, Is now
sharing the local output, with J.
plerpont Morgan. Andrew Mellon.
Herbert Hoover, the International
Bankers, the "power trust," snd
everybody with more then SM.
e e
WHOOP-EE RAMPANT!!
(Springfield (Mo.) lustier)
Mrs. Barbour, ever s charm
ingly original hostess, instead of
serving "cocktails In ths li
brary" before luncheon, prs
aented each guett with s "besu
tlful thought."
e a
Signs of spring, as denoted by
the Injudicious budding of pussy
willows In ths Talent ares, has been
confirmed by the srrlvsl of s gent
with s gasoline-saving device to sell.
Parlt newt dispatches tell of s
delegate to the LofN. st Geneve,
who fell srleep snd snored during
s committee meeting on naval lim
itations. We will now commit
Fletch Fish pun, snd opine some
sctlon thovild he taken on nasal
reductions.
a e a
Dock Dean, ths economic situa
tion expert, while being shaved by
Bill Balea yesterday am., predicted
eheoa. r.tscylsins, underdog uphes
vala. crumbling of civilisation, tot
tering of democracy, and p 1 . I n
going-to-hell for the nation.
e e e
It now develops "the scope of the
measure" changing the primary elec
tion from Msy to September. "Is
Inadequate." Offhand, one would say
so. The Toter should he allowed to
decide whether he wants the pri
mary In Mny, In September, or
never.
e
keep lll. DIGNITY.
WANTED Party wanta to borrow
13000 on s flrat mortgage real eatate
loan. While the owner of the prop
arty hat no fight with any bank,
snd Is not interested In si ar tins
any new bank, yet no bunk neeo
apply for particulars. We will give
tun inrnrmatlnn to anv orlvate In
vestor and direct eame to borrower
who will show the property, our
client is not broke; but deslrts Ihe
money hy February I snd the
sooner the better. lExrhenge.)
Rawir blades, oak leerea. nails,
Valentlnea. anapshota. matches, street
car Iransfcra, and bridge tsllles were
found , to be used for bookmarks
by crt. Louis public library readers
A Bible printed in lruirton In list
I used hy w, A. Ooate st Birming
ham, Als.
MEDFORD
MEMoEf.
The Presidential Election
A GREAT many good people are looking forward to the
presidential election, with genuine dread. They fore.ee
vicious, vindictive, bitter campaign, injurious to businesg, dis
rupting friendships, even dividing families. They wih there
were some way to avoid auch turmoil and dimension, snd go
about the business of electing a new President, if not exactly
in spirit of sweetness snd light, st least in an atmosphere of
reasonable sanity and good feeling.
IT WOULD be nice!
This paper wishes it might be done. But human nature
being what it is, we fear, it can't be.
When important issuea arise, when men's feelings are strong
ly aroused, because of them, certain excesses, particularly in the
realm of verbal expression, can't be avoided. And violence
of expression grows by what it feeds on, forming a vicious
circle leading to other violences, the opposing forces growing in
nut and volume through contentious contact like the proverbial
snow ball, with frequent collisions and explosions within the
body politic inevitable.
BUT after all this apprehension proceeds from regarding only
one side of the question, and that perhaps too intently.
There is another side, which comes under the law of compensa
tions. Presidential elections arc never very soothing or polite af
fairs. They are at best accompanied by a lot of noise and fury
signifying nothing. But this year there will be something more
than noise and fury, something worth fighting about. For the
first timo since the World War (some might even claim since
the Civil War) the two major parties, Republican and Demo
cratic, will be divided on far-reaching and fundamental issues.
THIS js something. In fact, in our judgment, it is a great
deal. It clears the political atmosphere; it injects reality
at last into the quadrennial struggle. It will have its drawbacks
of course, but undernenth all the hulabaloo and crazy snake
dancing, there will be a significant and important contest going
on, the final result of which will have a determining effect
upon the future course of this country for the next four years,
perhaps for all time.
To this paper at least it will be refreshing at last, to have a
presidential campaign which will be something more than a
sham battle between Tweedle Dum and Twecdle Dee; something
more than merely a contest to determine whether an organization
with ONE political label, or a similar organization, DIFFER
ENTLY labelled, should get the political spoils.
a a a a a
K GREE or differ with President Roosevelt, no fair minded
person can deny he has had a DEFINITE program, and
in carrying out that program or attempting to do so, he has
created a new politjepi party which deserves the title of Liberal
(arty. He is being opposed now, he will be opposed during
tha coming campaign, by another party, which though it will
bear the title of Republican, will in reality be the Conservative
party, made up not of old lino Republicans exclusively,
but of thousands of old line Democrats, by men and women
regardless of former party affiliations, who believe the prin
ciples of the new party and the New Deal, are wrong, and, for
the sake of the country, should be discarded and thrown into
the ash can where they belong.
IN other words there will bo in this ID.Hi campaign there are
now except NOMINALLY, two new national parties in this
country. Liberal and Conservative. And in reality it will be
these two new parties, not the old Republican and Democratic
parties which will fight it out this coming summer, and whose
respective fortunes will be decided the first Tuesday after the
first Monday in November, and incidentally the immediate
fortunes of this country.
That as we see it, is all to the good. It is really the result of
NATURAL, not partisan forces, and gives this country what it
should have had long ago, two large parties, divided on grounds
of fundamental principles and representing entirely legitimate
but inherently opposing, schools of thought.
The Liberals in the coming campaign, will call the Conserva
tives standpatters and reactionaries; the Conservatives will call
the Liberals radicals and reds.
It should be possible, of course, for two parties to get
through a campaign without calling each other names, but as
indicated above, it isn't.
'TWERE is a time for a country to go ahead fast, to make
radical readjustments, to changing world conditions; there
is a time for a country to go slowly, even to halt, for the taking
of bearings and the consolidation of positions.
Two auch parties are just as needed for tha proper develop
ment and welfare of this country, as both gas and oil are needed
for tho proper functioning of a motor car. Gas is for speed.
But without oil for occasional lubrication, the application of
gas alone would soon result in an internal heat and friction
that would bring complete disaster.
So with a genuinely Liberal and a genuinely Conservative
party. Both aro needed, both have their useful' and necessary
functions. It is up to tho individual voter to decide which is
nseded at any specific time; not for the welfare of himself or
his party but for the welfare of his country and the people in it
e a e a a
yilAT is e.vicnliiilly the decision the voters of this country
will be called upon to make this next November.
We admit it SHOULD be possible to reach such a decision,
in an atmosphere of careful thought, conscientious study, mu
tual respect, tolerance, and good will. But it isn't.
We claim to be civilied we are in a fashion, hut we are
not civilized enough for THAT I
Press Comment
The supreme court haa frowned
upon the whole plan by which the
farm prices In Amerlcs Increased
nearly J 000 POO 000 In s brief J't
yeare under the New Deal.
And. In Ihe meantime, the Unlteo
States supreme court establishes
Itself as ihe supr -government ol
the United Slates.
Not even Ihe people can have
their way If that way conflicts with
a construction that tar Into ac
count ihe letter, but not the spirit
of the constitution.
For las constitution ocntaiu s
welfsrs clause that the "reactionary
six" of the United atatea supreme
court utterly disregarded
And If the AAA was not national
welfare, with Its Increased buying
poa-er for Ihe farmera. snd In
creased prosperity from that In
creased buying power for Ihe cities
what was It? And If the -welfare'
clause la not in the constitution for
"nstlcnal welfare." what ta It there
for? Portland Journsl.
Be correctly corseted In
an Artmt Model by
Rtlielwvn R Hoffmann.
Fair and Rainey operate a green
home la Dtvatur. Ala.
Personal Health Service
By William Brady, M. D.
aligned letters pertaining .u narsunsi Dealt n snd nygiene not to disease
dlsgouels of treatment vnu be snswrred by Ur. Brady if a stamped self-addressed
envelope Is sncloaed Letters tnorjlj Da ft net snd written in ink
Owing u the large nasi her of letters received only a few can be answered
Mo reply can be made to quart as not conforming Co Instructions Address Ur
William Brady, SS CJ Camlno. Beverly Bills. Csi.
THE PASSING OP A
Provided you have nothing wrong
with your tonsils snd none of your
Immediate relatives or friends Is In
naad of treat
ment for Infect
ed tonsils, there
Is s good deal of
eardoUn humor
In tha Is teat ut
terance of the
American Medl
c s 1 Association
on this question.
"Whan tha
public tasrns
of ths dsngers
snd complica
tions that msy
occur during
ths removsl of tonsils by slec
trocoagulatlon" (or si It Is pop- 1
ulsrly known, dlsthermy), "snd,
. whst msy be even worse, lesv
lng s burled focus of Infection
from sn Incomplete removsl It
will thun this operation u It
would s rsbld dog."
So wrote one Hsrry I. Mock,
M.D., In an elaborata 10-page article
discussing sll fields of electrosur
gery under the segls of the Council
on Physlcel Therspy.
Nothing humorous about It so fsr.
Is there? But give this sll-sround
specialist snd suthorlty chosen by
the A.M.A. to dsmn dlsthermy time.
Here Is where you grin. In the
very next paragraph Dr. Mock refers
to the diathermy extirpation of In
fected tonalls ss the "sslvstlon" of
pstlents who need tonsil removal
but srs bsd risks for the old-fsth-loned
malor operation by reason of
myocardial degeneration (heirt dls-
esse) or sdvsnced tuberculosis or
exophthalmic goiter. '
Bo If we take the little men wno
at present rule the A.M.A. ss serl-
ously as they take themselves, we
must believe that s method whicb
tha nubile would shun ss It would
s rabid dog If the public knew of
the "dangers snd compl'.cstlons in
volved Is the "sslvstlon" of patients
whose condition Is too grave for the
old Spanish custom I
Now, then, doctors snd folks, toe
official spokesman, of our great med
ical oligarchy has established nis
fitness to Judge. Listen, then, to the
verdict of this orscle on the pile
question.
"In my experience there sre
few hemorrhoids thst srs suit-'
able for operstlon In ths offlcs
. . , The electrodesslcstlon meth
od for removing hemorrhoids Is
sn sdvanoa over the Whitehead
ligature, clamp and cautery ope
rations snd the Injection meth-.
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
By O. O. Mclntyre
NEW YORK, Jim. a. Older New
Yorker are wondering about th fate
of ths venentblt Murray Hill hotel.
now that lta pro
prietor, Ben Bate
haa pnvwd over.
He was the last
of the aole own
era who gav hit
Inn tho Mine
Host flavor In the
manner of Sim
eon Ford.
The Murray Hill
nver trltd to
catch atp with
tha Jan tempo.
Tha coral pin of
lta raoada, the
colonial entrance porch, benlaoned by
blua carrlnffe lamps, beapoke lta dig
nity. Until a rew yeara tgo Its pat
rona were carried up and down by
pull-rope elevators.
The clientele included several presi
dents, and many representatives of
the artlstocratlc wealth of lta per
fumed purlieu. Recently almost a
million was spent in refurbishing,
but great cant waa taken to prcurve
lta mld-Vlotorlan air and studied sim
plicity. Its owner had received enormous
offers In tha days when the Or snd
Central none waa skyrocketing offers
In the millions. Bu he refused all.
For many years an Illness confined
him to ona of tha apartments. Out
of thla grew a sentimental attach
ment outweighing material gains.
Daniel Frohman dedicates his re
cent excellent biography to Fannie
Hurst, Since her tvarly struggling
daya In tha metropolis, Mies Hurst
and tha df sn of the theater have been
warm friends. At her frequent din
ners and luncheons, tha beloved octo
gensrlsn Is alwaya preient and a
often her escort at first nights. Mr.
Frohmsn rarely declines Invitations to
Important aTfalra. A time or two he
has slumped In exhaustive faints at
banquet tab'e. but he carries on. He
haa not retired before 1 a. m. in 40
yesra. Hit home la over the Lyceum
theater, which ha owns.
Incidentally, there are net so many
atAv-upe among writing folk theie
day. 9uch as the late Charles R
Barnes, whoee flat mi Amsterdam ave
nue waa liveliest at a m. Frarler
Hunt, In old robe and green eyeehade.
could umally be found squared off
before a typewriter in a mid-town
hotel any hour of tha night, looking
up to visitors at least long enoiKh
to nod to the bottled array on the
mantel. Montague Olaaa enjoyed late
dmppera-ln. aird Ring IsSrdner, before
his last Illness, was ready to ariM
from bed at the slug of the bf-ll and
mpke a fourth at quartet ting.
The writers of chlt-chat about late
stay-uppers In night club a:e again
reatovwtitvg their aqulbs with the nim
of the J la mm teal of the glamour girls
Tat hi 1 ah Bank head. Her appear-r-vce
amid HKh frivolities marki a
remarkable come-hak In health in
the life of thla exciting lady of ttK
stage. To year swo thev mention
ed Tallulah with heart s'.iakes and
whUpers. A eu oi opexstions irenv
Sl'ROirAL ATROCITY.
eds for ths radical curs of hem
orrhoids." Physicians who do little writing
snd talking but much study snd
practice find thst there srs few
hemorrhoids not suitable for curs
In tha office, by tha Injection treat
ment or by electro-deaalcatlon. As
pointed out hers recently. In one
of the greatest hospitals In the
country, the Injection or ambulant
treatment Is now employed almost
exclusively for hemorrhoids, snd
rarely Is any type of operation done
on such pstlents.
In my Judgment the orthodox sur
gical attack or hemorrhoids ic sn
stroclty to which only sn unin
formed or misinformed Individual
will submit. -
QUESTIONS AM) ANSWERS.
Bromide Rash.
Why csn some persons take bro
mides nesrly sll the time without
any trouble, while others have s
skin rash If they take It for a little
while? . . . Mrs. M. H.
Answer I have no Ides. I think
most persons who use bromides ha
bitually or frequently show more
or less acne (blackheads snd pim
ples). Some physicians prescribe
short courses of Fowler's solution
(arsenic) from time to time to pre
vent sens, where pstlents must take
bromides for prolonged periods.
Wheat to Eat.
Please look over this announce
ment of the new bread snd tell
me whst minerals bread made from
white flour, yeast, salt, sugsr, water,
milk snd lard lacks. Mrs. A. W.
Answer Send stsmped envelope
bearing your address, for mono
graph "Wheat to Eat." This tells you
the difference between plain wheat
(unground or ground) snd white
flour. It gives you recipes for mak
ing most sppetlslng things with
plain wheat. It tells you all about
the minerals, calories, vitamins, di
gestibility of wheat or wheat bread
compared with white bread. The
announcement of the trick bread Is
sheer hooey.
Baby's Ears Protrude.
Dsughter. seven weeks old, hss
protruding eers. Mrs. W. L. H.
Answer Ma'e a light skeleton
hood for her to wesr most of the
time for a few months, to hold the
eers bsck against the hesd. but
without pressure or compression.
(Copyright, 1B3S. John F. Dill Co.)
Ed, Vofe: Persons wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brady
should send letter direct In Dr.
William Brady, M. D., 2S El
Camlno. Beverly Hills, Calif.
ed to offer no encouragement snd her
fate was regarded a matter of time.
But she fooled, quite pleasantly, the
doctors and friends and now Is the
chief merriment at many parties.
Tha splffy bar and restaurant at
the Metropolitan opera have given a
continental touch to the gloomy old
structure. Also It provldea the gloss
iest bar crowd New York has ever
seen. Scarcely a customer not ermln
ed or top-hatted. And the evening
I popped In there were four monocles
including, of course; the town's
most Inveterate single eye-glaaser,
Jules Bache.
Fatay Kelly, graduated to Holly
wood stardom. Is tha feminine proto
type of the Horatio Alger up-from-the
-side walk hero. Broadway first
snickered at her when. In Bowery
plaid xlrt and faded Jersey, Frank
Fay caffed her about as his stooge.
He cm upon Patsy aa an amateur
night exhibit. Her shrill voice, gum
chewing snd rowdy slouch made her
a movie moppet that waa a natural.
Most people think of Don Marquis
as the kind and gentle philosopher.
He Is all that. But the velvet sheathes
claws of steel. His most stinging re
buke was a poetical column on the
Evening Sun 20 yean, ago which blis
tered one of the Algonquin boys.
That sarcasm ta still accurately de
scriptive. In fsct I think I'll reprint
It some day when In unpleasant mood
Just to be nasty. As they so often
are.
Scientific note: One of Gene Craw
ley'a youngsters explains her stubborn
reaction to spinach thus aha does
not wish to become pop-eyed I
- (Copyrtffht, 1P36. McNaught
Syndicate.)
Communications
College Fees Approved
To the Editor:
I have read with Interest your edi
torials on the student fee subject,
and the letter WTltten by Mr. Barton.
I heartily encur In what Mr. Bar
ton says, and think you are the one
that Is wrong. You use as an Mlus
tratlon "The Universal Tax," "The
Water Fees." i fcnow of but one unl
versal tax and that Is DEATH; any
other that would not provide a unl
versa) benefit, at least for tha people
or this, country, would not be In ac
cordance with our great "const I tu
tlon." The water tax is by no means
universal; neither is It compulsory
by any means, and neither Is the
gasoline tax or msny other taxes of
similar nature.
Tha things that the college fees are
to be levied for are not compulsory
or necessary to all the students, and
I for one am not In favor of placing
an extra burden upon those who can
not afford It. and those parents who
are going without In order to finish
their children's education.
There la too much attention paid
to these things as It is, and many a
atudent haa railed, by RlTing his at
tention to these things. Iivtesci of
the process of '.earning, and the re
sultant loss has Invariably fallen
upon those who can HI afford It
And what has been the result to the
pupil. It has made htm seiriah and
greed, tin thoughtful, and careless
knowing that lhoe wt.o are paying
'sciul sacrifice, yet h 'must' bav
these things, snd In many esses hs
resorts to crlrmnsl pursuits to pro
cure them. No, Mr. Editor, fee once
I find you wrong.
W. B. CRAU8K.
Medford, Jan. 7.
Ed. Note:
Tha argument above Is based en
tirely upon the sssumptlon the extra
currlculsr activities sre neither nec
essary nor desirable; In fact, are pos
itively Injurious. If this Is true then
of course no f,ees should be csilected,
snd such sctlvlttes should be abol
ished. On the other hand. If such activi
ties ARE desirable, not only organized
athletics, social diversions, etc., but
lectures, concerts (the Portlend sym
phony for exsmple). mslntalnlng col
lege bsnds. newspapers snd the like
then certainly the expense should
be born equally by those for whom
the activities srs provided, so the
cost per student will be reduced to
the minimum. Because such activi
ties msy be abused by a few, we
think no reason for denying them to
sll.
Ths question comes down to this:
Should our Institutions of higher
lesmlng be devoted solely to class
room work, with NO soclsl, sthletlc.
recreational or cultural, activities
outside of the academic curriculum,
or should such supplementary activi
ties be maintained, and college edu
cation consist of not only whst the
student csn get from books, but also
what he can get from the various
collateral departments snd Influences
of college life?
This paper believes there should be
more In college than merely a four
yeara' grind for the examination pe
riods, thst a liberal educstlon
should Include outdoor sports, soclsl
diversions, the best music and lec
tures the authorities can provide,
snd that If a msjorlty of ths stu
dents wsnt these things, they should
be given to them, at the lowest pos
sible cost per student.
We sdmlt such a system may work
a hardship upon the student who
wants nothing but what he can get
from his teachers snd his books, but
such a student represents a decided
minority. In college administration
as in, other activities In a. democracy,
the point to be considered. Is not the
Isolated Individual but the greatest
good for the greatest number.
4
(Continued prom Page Ona.)
name aa a Republican presidential
candidate )a not exactly new. Montha
sgo a couple of Republican author
ities put out Indirect feelers toward
Roberts, Chief Hustlce Hughts and
even Justice Stone (who haa since
aligned nlmself with the so-called
new deal school of legal thought).
In each Instance, feelers shriveled. The
three apparently were not Interested.
Most Republican technicians are
personally convinced that supreme
court justices do not make good cam
paigners. They remember 1918.
Justice Roberts haa more Judicial
personality than a.iyone seen In a
toga around here In a long time. He
does not read his decisions, as the
other Justices do, but speaks them.
This permits him to make his points
with more emphasis. His voice Is
stronger, and his delivery convincing.
He speaks as if he deeply believes
whta he say. However, If you com
pare his spoken words with the later
written opinion, you will find he has
followed tha text exactly. He learns
his decisions by heart at home ahead
of time.
Postmaster General Farley has the
postmaster altuatton well In hand for
the campaign. Proof of his quiet ac
tivities during the congressional re
cess may be found behind the hun
dreds of postmaster nominations sent
to the senate for confirmation the
other day. The appointments were
nearly all for new men, meaning, of
course, that holdover RepubUcars
are no longer holding over.
A check of the vital states shows
thst IS out of the IB appointees tor
California are new men; five out of
five In Connecticut; 14 out of IS In
Iowa; five out of alx In Kansas;
out of 99 In Minnesota: 17 out of 17
In Missouri; 10 out of IB in New
York; 16 out of IS In Ohio, and 31
out of 34 In Pennsylvania,
The house pages also failed to re
ceive official cards of admission for
the president's speech. They were
more hurt than the supreme court.
Rail Coordinator Eastman's Job is
likely to be shelved by oong:eas, a
though ha wants It continued.
Ths reason why Republlcsn Ohtlr
man Fletcher backed out of his pro
posal to have one man answer Mr.
Rooeevelt'a opening message Imme
dietary was iiecause too many Repub
Ucana wanted the Job. There would
haw been considerable Inner antagon
ism If he had named anyone but him
self, and he did not wsnt the Job.
Add signs of political campaign
lng: The Democratic nations com
mlttee has employed s top-notch
Washington neveman (Edward L
Roddanl as assistant to Publiclaer
Mlchelson.
Several house committees sre quiet,
ly en-angina; for suthorly to employ
their own espert. Apparently they
cannot understand all these bills com
ing before them.
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IN THE HEART
Comment
on the
Days News
By FRANK JENKINS.
wnn.m down to essentials.
M
D supreme court's AAA detrition
means this:
1. Congress, unoer ths constitu
tion, hss no power to suthorlsa tne
government to regulsts tha crops
sny man can raise on his farm.
a. Congress hss no right, under
tha constitution, to us one body
of cltltena In order to psy snother
body of clttsens to limit their pro
duction for tha purpose of reducing
the supply snd rsltlng the price.
ON THIS proposition, the nine
Justices of the tupreme court
divided, six to three. It is probsbie
thst throughout ths country there
Is similar dlvltlon of opinion re
garding AAA although not neces
sarily in ths ssma proportion.
AAA hss been s highly contro
verslsl subject.
A MONO those who will dlssgree
with the majority members of
tha supreme court will be msny
(slthough not all) of the producers
of cotton, corn, hogt, whest. pes
mits snd rice, which were chlel
among the crops receiving AAA bene
fits. You csn hsrdly blame ANYONE
who is being paid NOT to take rlsls
and NOT to grow crept for want
ing to continue that pleasant situa
tion. Human nature is humsn nature.
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BUT msny fsnners. even Including
those receiving AAA benefit pay
ments, have been shrewd enough to
sea that under AAA American agri
culture was headed for a headache.
Hera la what we have been doing:
Wa have been hiring American
farmera NOT to produce, thus rais
ing the level of American farm
prices above tha world level mo
making It possible for farmers in
other countries to sell profitably In
ths American market.
In other words, foreigners have
been selling to us whst we have
been hiring our own fsrmers not
to grow. Amerlcsn consumers, In
effect, hsve been tased to provide
a good market st profitable prices
for FOREIGN PRODUCERS
A sltustlon such as that can't
continue Indefinitely.
TO THOSE who believe ss this
writer does thst Is, thst you
can't monkey with the law of sup
ply and demand without getting Into
trouble sooner or later It Is a fair
conclusion thst by stopping AAA
now, before It hss hsd time to dls
turb still further the normsl chsn.
uels of world trade, the supreme
court decision msy hsve the effect
of PREVENTING ths hesdsche that
was otherwise lnevltsble.
N REALITY, AAA. NRA, snd sll
1 ths others of their kind, sre only
minor side Issues. The res! ssue
Is this:
Shall we go on with the typically
American Institutions thst were bunt
up snd hsva flourished under tne
form of government crested by the
constitution of tha United States, or
shall we THROW OVERBOARD the
constitutions limitations under
which we hsva operated In the psst
so successfully sa to have become
tha world's MOST ENVIED NATION
and strike out Into waten that
for us will be new, slthough they
hsvs been sailed for centuries by the
peoples of the older world?
Thst Is the big Issue thst will
bt before the Amerlcsn people In
this political esmpslgn of 1039, ana
ss the dsys go by It will loom larger
and larger.
It la sn Issue thst means lite
or desth for the America of the
past.
Farmer To Face
Murder Charge
SALEM. Jan. S (API John Kyle,
Broadacra farmer charged with the
murder of his neighbor, Hugh Jean
Slosn, last Thursday, was bound
over to the Xfarlon county grand
Jury In ths Woodburn Justice court
yesterday.
Kyle's sttom,'y made no defense.
Indicating he would present his
client's esse directly to ths grand
Jury.
Kyle sdmltted the slsylng. but
maintained he ahot Sloan In self
defense. ETJOENE. Ore.. Jan. 8 ( API The
Rev. Cecil T. Rlstow. pastor of the
First Methodist Eplscopsl church, be.
csme ths first minuter ever made
president of the Eusene Klwanlt club.
He was Installed yesterday by Dr. t
3. Wslnseott of Roteburg, district
lleutensnt governor of the Kiwanls.
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Flight 'o Time
Medford and Jackson County
hlatory from the riles ol the
Mall Tribune 10 and 2u year,
aro.
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
January a, 1026
(It wss Thursday)
New water system to be completxt
by May IS and In use by sam dt.
The city plans to open Sixth street
the coming year.
Andy Smith, coach of the Univer
sity of California "wonder football
teams." succumb to pneumonia In
Philadelphia.
Probe of Andrew Mellon financial
affalra starts at Washington. D. C,
before congress.
The honor of catching tha first
steel head this year In Rogue river
goes to A. 8. Davis of Grants pais.
The fish weighed 7 pounds and was
caught on a Royal Coachman No, 4
fly. .
Old residents of the valley recall
thia week back In 1890 when one of
the heaviest snow falls In history
struck Jackson county. Snow fell
steadily for seven days, causing hard
ship and suffering. It reached a
depth of seven feet in the mountains
In the Siskiyou country, and In the
valley Its depth was In proportion.
TWENTY VKARS AGO TODAY
January 8, 1016
(It was Saturday)
Garden plots are being cleaned up
In the residential areas of the city
for early spring planting.
Mrs. T. E. Daniels entertains the
Nullo Bridge club at ber Siskiyou
Heights home Thursday.
J. A. Perry writes a letter to the
editor on "The Importance of Proper
Spraying."
Phoenix to hold annual city elec
tion next Tuesday.
All telegraphic communication out
of thla city la cut off by heavy wind
and rain storm. Snow covers north
ern Oregon.
Teddy Roosevelt and President
Wilson gird for "bitterest political
fued in history."
KAMENZ. Germany, Jan. 8. (AP)
Bruno Richard Hauptmann assured
his 70-year-old mother today that
"all will be well."
Prau Pauline Hauptmann received
this word In a letter from her son,
dated December 1H and sent from
the Trenton, N, J., prison, where the
convicted slayer of the kidnaped
Lindbergh baby has been condemned
to die some time during the coming
week.
Hauptmann assured her that a
"clear conscience" told him the New
Year would bring them both luck.
"Don't think I am a broken man,"
he wrote. "My clear confidence tells
me all will and must go well. Tha
decision of the high court cannot
change my belief.
"An Inner voice tells me I'll return
to mine, and see happy days again.
The pretty lie. factory built against
me In order to sentence somebody,
will smash some day."
AGED PENDLETON MAN
HIT, KILLED BY AUTO
PENDLETON, Ore., Jsn. 8. (API
Thomas Recrt, 82. dler last night an
hour after he was struck by sn auto
mobile driven by William Melners.
Umatilla county commissioner. Meln
ers, vrho esttmsted he was traveling
st 15 miles sn hour, said .Reed
stepped In front of the car Just aa
Melners' machine was passing a
parked auto.
It School Contract.
SALEM. Jan. 8 (AP) The Bslfm
school board awarded the first Ren
eral contract for the 8nlem school
building program to Drake, Wyman
& Voss of Portland, st a contract
price of I127.S00. The contract wna
rer construction of a new grade
school building.
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yet mild enough Tffnl1n n
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